Athens youth race set for All-American Soap Box Derby
Twenty three Athens County boys will drive home made racers on W State Street in Athens on Thursday. Winners advance to Akron to join 120 entrants for a shot at a four year college scholarship and the Coyle Trophy. A victory banquet will follow at Hotel Berry with prize donations from local businesses and individuals.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Page Five
Athens County
W. State St
Akron
United States
Coyle
John Milar
Sunnyside Drive
Clair Baker
Coolville
Julian Snyder
North Hill
Alvin Rosser
Richland Ave
Robert Beverage
Franklin Ave
Edwin L. Powell
Mill St
F. J. Beasley
Utah Place
Billy Ines
William Puckey
Garfield Ave
Dick Potts
Walker St
Johnny Willis
Chauncey
Miners Meet Operators Over New Two Year Contract
Members of the miners Scale Committee of District 6 covering Ohio and the Panhandle met in the Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, with operators to settle details of the new two year contract. Attending from the area were Foster Day, miners delegate, and H. T. Rainey, Herman Theisen Sr., and Thomas Johnson, union officials.
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Ohio
Panhandle
West Virginia
Cleveland
Foster Day
H. T. Rainey
Herman Theisen
Thomas Johnson
Akron Prize Watches Derby Winners For Champs Banquet
Every local Soap Box Derby winner who travels to Akron for the national and international race will receive an official Soap Box Derby gold wrist watch at the Champions Banquet. Presented by Chevrolet Motor Division the watch bears the Derby emblem and each entrant also gets a driver's diploma.
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Akron
Chevrolet Motor Division
Fawcett Dies at 68 in Chesterhill
George E. Fawcett, 68, of Chesterhill, son of Samuel and Amanda Fawcett, died Sunday after months of illness. He taught briefly in Marion and Komer Townships, then spent over 35 years in the Chesterhill undertaking business. Surviving are his wife Grace Morrow and three daughters Frances Maynard, Louise Starling, and Margery Fawcett. Funeral Wednesday at 2 in the Chesterhill Methodist Church. burial in Chesterhill Cemetery.
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Chesterhill
George E. Fawcett
Samuel
Amanda Smith Fawcett
Buckeye
Chesterhill High School
Marion
Komer
Grace Morrow
Frances, Maynard
Malta
Louise Starling
Margery Fawcett
Howard
Annie Fawcett Schofield
Fawcett
Chesterhill Methodist Church
1.C.C.F. Lodge
Fairview Grange
Methodist Church
G. C. Nutter
Chesterhill Cemetery
Home Making Club Meeting in Jacksonville
The Home Making Club of Jacksonville will meet at the Jacksonville Grade School Building at 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. Members are asked to be present and others interested in sewing and nutrition study are invited. Audrey Dinsmore supervises weekly gatherings from 1 to 3 30 with a pattern check and new pattern designs encouraged.
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Home Making Club of
Jacksonville
Audrey Dinsmore
Jagers Speaks at Athens Rotary Club Meeting
Athens mortician John Jagers addressed the Rotary Club at Hotel Berry sharing stories of famous burials. He noted David Livingston’s body was moved 1500 miles from Africa to the coast and Abraham Lincoln’s remains were disinterred multiple times before final burial in Springfield. Modern burial practices were contrasted with ancient methods.
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John Jagers
Athens
Athens Rotary Club
Berry
Jagers
Athens Club
Galion
David Livingston
Africa
Lincoln
Springfield
Intoxication Plea Fines In Glouster Athens Court
The defendants pled guilty before Mayor Cliff Cornell to intoxication charges. Jesse Hammon and Emmett Parker were fined varying amounts and costs, with Officers Leslie Bradfield and Fred James making arrests.
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Cliff Cornell
Jesse Hamnon
Glouster
George E. Coffman
Athens
Emmett Parker
Leslie Bradfield
Fred James
Invite Public To Dance for Guard's Fund
The Armory dance on Thursday night features Rex Koons and his orchestra for Athens Company B of the Ohio State Guard. Proceeds support a company fund to cover expenses not funded by state money, purchasing guidon flags rifle racks office equipment and a club room. Tickets from Lt. George Perry Capt. Charles L Woodworth or at the door. The guard, now 50 enlisted with a wait list of 10, has received 50 rifle 1917 Enfields with bayonets scabbards and belts and plans to camp in August.
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Rex Koons
Athens Company B
Ohio State Guard
George Perry
Charles L. Woodworth
Albany Native Foltz Dies at 36 in Columbus
Paul T. Foltz of 3099 Johnstown Rd died suddenly. The Albany native and president of Paul's Food Shop, Inc. will be buried Wednesday at 3 PM at Denton Donaldson & Kuhn funeral home. He sponsored bowling and softball teams and once took a team to Berlin in 1936. He is survived by his wife Grace Mae Foltz a sister Thelma Heil and his mother Cora B. Palmer. He was a Kiwanis Club member.
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Columbus
Paul T. Foltz
Johnstown Rd
Paul’s Food Shoppe, Inc
E. Main St
Denton, Donaldson & Kuhn
Otto Ebert
Christ Lutheran Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Albany
Foltz
Bexley
Berlin
Germany
Grace Mae Foltz
Thelma Heil
Fifth Ave
Cora B. Palmer
Junction City
The
Kiwanis Club
Cooking Class To Meet At Glouster Wednesday
The Cooking Class will meet at the Glouster WPA Building Wednesday evening at 5 o'clock. All members are urged to attend and new enrollees are welcome. The class meets weekly from 5 to 8 under Audrey Dinsmore.
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Glouster
WPA
Audrey Dinsmore
Lockland Firm Is Low For Local Road Jobs
Low bidders for bituminous treating 288 miles of highways were announced by the State Highway Department. Bids and estimates by counties include L P Cavett Co Lockland bidding 51769 for 34 miles with an estimate 55313 Athens Brookville Bridge Co Brookville 3511 for flooring and painting Hocking River Bridge in Troy Township with estimate 3940 Hanagan Bros Urbana 2957 for flooring and painting Waterloo Township bridges with estimate 3390
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Athens
Gallia
Meigs and
Vinton
L. P. Cavett Co
Shepherd Ave
Lockland
Brookville Bridge Co
Brookville
Hocking River
Troy Township
Hanagan Bros
Urbana
Waterloo Township
Harold Wamsley Hurt As Bike Strikes Car
Harold Wamsley 13 son of Mr and Mrs Pearl S Wamsley of 6 Van Vorhes St sustained a possible concussion and possible nose fracture when his bicycle collided with a car driven by Ed Sauer on Columbia Ave Athens Route 3. He was taken to Shelt ering Arms Hospital with facial head and body bruises.
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Harold Wamsley
Pearl S. Wamsley
van Vorhes St
Columbia Ave
Ed Sauer
Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Troop 59 Scouts Return From Camp Kootaga Week
Members of Boy Scout Troop 59 returned from Camp Kootaga in Walker West Virginia after a week of scout work led by Raymond Atkins. Kenneth French qualified as Life Scout and Dick Hoisington won the National Silver Arrow Best Campers Award. Several merit badges were earned by First Class Scouts including Health, Athletics, First Aid and Woodwork. Jim Porter earned multiple merit badges toward Life Scout status.
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Troop 59
Navy
Athens High School
Kootaga
Walker
W. Va
Raymond Atkins
Kenneth French
Dick Hoisington
Camp Kootaga
Hoisington
Athens
Jim Porter
Jones Funeral Services for L. F. Jones
Funeral services for L F Jones who died yesterday in White Cross Hospital Columbus will be held at the Jones Funeral Home Wednesday at 3 00 pm Burial will be in W Union St Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Any time Jones was a member of the Masons Eagles Elks Kiwanis and the Methodist Church class six and an avid Izaak Walton League president for many years He leaves his wife two daughters Mrs Arthur Bleesing Fast Towns Mich Mrs John Collins Columbus four sisters Mrs Elizabeth Ellis Glouster Mrs Carrie Jones Uniontown Pa Miss Anne Jones Cincinnati and Mrs Blanche Carter Columbus and one granddaughter Elizabeth Ann Collins Columbus
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L. F. Jones
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Jones Funeral Home
W. Union St
Jones
Masons, Eagles, Elks
The
Kiwanis Club
Methodist Church
Izaak Walton League
Arthur Bleesing
Fast Towns
Mich
John Collins
Elizabeth Ellis
Glouster
Carrie Jones
Uniontown
Anne Jones
Cincinnati
Blanche Carter
Elizabeth Ann Collins
Marriage licenses issued in Athens County probate court
Three marriage licenses were issued last week in the Athens County Probate Court. Raymond Brooks 21 of Carbondale wed June Lowry 17 of Carbondee. Julius Boston Tyler 64 of Columbus wed Cornelia Ann Hawks 62 of Athens. Mark Frazee 25 of Chancey wed Virginia Bruce Jackson 22 of Chauncey.
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Athens County
Raymond Brooks
Carbondale
June Lowry
Carbondee
Julius Boston Tyler
Columbus
Cornelia Ann Hawks
Athens
Mark Frazee
Chancey
Virginia Bruce Jackson
Chauncey
Infant son dies hours after birth in New Marshfield
Larry Gene, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Stiles of New Marshfield, was born Sunday morning and died a few hours later. Burial followed in Miles Cemetery, Rutland. The Stiles couple have three other children.
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New Marshfield
Larry Gene
Jay Stiles
Miles Cemetery
Rutland
Weather notes from Athens high 86 yesterday
Yesterday in Athens the high reached 86 with a low of 68 last night. Late this morning the temperature was 81. Forecasters expect thunderstorms and cooler conditions later.
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Athens
William Shingler Dies At Mineral On Monday
William D. Shingler 54 died suddenly at his Mineral home Monday night at 9 30 from a heart attack. Funeral services Wednesday at two o clock at the Shingler residence conducted by Rev Caroll Chesser. Burial in New Marshfield Cemetery. Survived by wife Clara two daughters Virginia Hanning Athens Route 5 and June Cleary Athens one son William Mineral mother Lucy Shingler Mineral four brothers George Orville Starling Mineral Virgil Athens three sisters Grace Lowrey Mineral Florence Wood New Marshfield Ada Carmen Logan.
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New Marshfield
William D. Shingler
Mineral
Shingler
Carroll Chesser
Clara Shingler
Virginia Hanning
Athens
June Cleary
William Shingler
Lucy Shingler
George
Orville
Starling
Virgil
Grace Lowrey
Florence Wood
Ada Carmen
Logan
Unusual Reptile Bought by Clarence Stage
A three foot reptile captured on Hamley Run by Lawrence Pitts was purchased by Clarence Stage of Lower Plains. Witnesses say it resembles an alligator, a crocodile and a lizard, and no identification has been confirmed.
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Hamley Run
Lawrence Pitts
Clarence Stage
Lower Plains
Hospital releases list two mothers and infants
Today at Sheltering Arms Hospital released were Mrs. Mary Sanders and her infant son of 58 S. McKinley Ave, Mrs. Ruby Hansen and her infant daughter of Northewood Drive, and Mrs. Mary Roberson of 73 Mill St.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
Mary Sanders
S. McKinley Ave
Ruby Hansen
Northewood Drive
Mary Roberson
Mill St
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Strathmore Blvd
Joe Williams
Athens Rfc
Billy Abraham
George Beasley
Hudson Ave
Vernon McKibben
Riverside Drive
Kay Parrett
Fred Sanders
Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beckley’s
University Dress Shop
City Loan Co
Colonia Finance Co
Lamborn’s Studio
Cline’s Pharmacy
the Ohio Fuel Gas Co
the McBee Co
Athens Chick Hatchery
Pressmen’s Union
Hotel Berry
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Athens Furniture Co
Coca Cola Bottling Works
Paul
Athens Junk Co
Mickle Tire & Accessory Co
Zenner’s
Kyle & Clifford
Cornwell Jewelry
Broughton’s
Western Auto Supply
Scott's
Five Cents
Ten Cents
Schine’s
Athena
Gallaher Drug
Burnett & Smith Co
Athens Pharmacy
W. B. Burke
Jeweler
Milldeck
Mechem Shoe Co
the Fair
Cussins & Fearn Co
Carpenter Hardware
Wheaton Hardware
F. W. Woolworth Co
the Kerr Hardware Co
Luckoff's
Super Market
Isaly’s Inc
Moore’s Auto Supply
Sunnyfield
C. H
Jimmy Littler
Pete's Cave
North Court St
the City Loan & Guaranty Y
Met
S. Court Street
Akron Prize
G. E. Fawcett
Rotary Club
Lockland Firm
Nite Club
Rex Koons Orchestra
Harold Wamsley Hurt
Stiles
Washington
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Mternandria
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Jamestown
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Washington End
Muehon River
West
Athens Messenger, Insurance Dept
Athens, Ohio
Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Co
Huaraches
Tan
Hill's Shoe Store
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